You Didn't See Nothin
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Serialized Story Award, selected by Final Round Judges Arlie Adlington, Alana Casanova-Burgess, Lisa Pollak, and Elena Rivera.
2022-23 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition2023 / Bill Healy / Erisa Apantaku / Sarah Geis / Steven Jackson / Alison Flowers / Jamie Kalven / Yohance Lacour / Dana Brozost-Kelleher / Phil Dmochovski / Invisible Institute, USG Audio, USA
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Serialized Story Award, selected by Final Round Judges Arlie Adlington, Alana Casanova-Burgess, Lisa Pollak, and Elena Rivera.
DESCRIPTION
Twenty-five years ago in Chicago, a little boy named Lenard Clark was beaten into a coma just for being Black. Almost overnight, the news stories turned to racial reconciliation and forgiveness. Writer Yohance Lacour didn’t buy that shit.
"You Didn't See Nothin" is the result of his years-long inquiry into how that narrative took hold, and how it changed his life.
This work was originally featured in the 2022-23 Third Coast Competition Showcase, a new way of celebrating Award-Winners, Finalists & Judges.
Full Credits
Yohance Lacour (Writer, Reporter), Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah Geis (Producers), Steven Jackson, Phil Dmochowski (Sound Design, Mixing, Music Supervision), Taka Yasuzawa, Alex Sugiura (Music Composition), Alison Flowers, Jamie Kalven (Executive Producers for Invisible Institute), Josh Bloch (Executive Producers for USG)
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Bill Healy (he/him) has spent his life listening to people. At age 10, he started writing a weekly newspaper column called the Youth Perspective, about the suburb where he grew up.
Erisa (she/her) is a Black/biracial, queer audio producer and educator from the lands of the Three Fires Confederacy of the Ottawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi First Nations (Chicagoland).
Sarah Geis (she/her) is a long-time editor, producer and educator who is influenced by oral history, documentary theater, and Lynda Barry.
Steven Jackson (he/him) is an audio producer based in Portland, Maine. He has worked as a freelance reporter, newsroom producer, sound designer, mix engineer, and composer — and is usually doing a combination of all of the above.
Alison Flowers (@FlowersAlison) is an investigative journalist and producer.
Jamie Kalven was a judge for the 2008 TC/RHDF Competition: Radio Impact Award.
Yohance Lacour (he/him) is a writer from the South side who's committed to telling stories of Black Chicago from the ground.
Dana Brozost-Kelleher (she/her) is an investigative journalist at the Invisible Institute focused on police accountability and criminal justice issues.
Phil Dmochovski (he/him) Phil's work has been heard widely, on The New York Times, BBC, NPR and other outlets.
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